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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids (Orthoptera) » Long-horned Orthoptera (Ensifera) » Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives (Tettigoniidea) » Katydids (Tettigoniidae) » Phaneropterine Katydids (Phaneropterinae) » Bush Katydids (Scudderia) » Mexican Bush Katydid (Scudderia mexicana)
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Phaneropterine Katydid? - Scudderia mexicana
Copyright © 2009 Arthur Scott Macmillan

Phaneropterine Katydid? - Scudderia mexicana
Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California, USA
June 11, 2009
This reminds me of a immature False Katydid (Phaneropterinae). It was very small, and it had a peculiar way of creeping, swaying its body from side to side sometimes. It seemed like a predator stalking prey, however, I would not guess that it is carnivorous.

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Phaneropterine Katydid? - Scudderia mexicana Phaneropterine Katydid? - Scudderia mexicana
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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 12 June, 2009 - 2:40pm
Last updated 2 February, 2019 - 6:01am

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… David J. Ferguson, 27 September, 2017 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Nymphs.
… David J. Ferguson, 9 December, 2011 - 12:27am login or register to post comments

I think
Scudderia is correct
… John R. Maxwell, 23 June, 2009 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

 
I have been seeing these almost every day!
This one being the most immature, and the most mature, still with no wings. Maybe if we stick around we'll finally see an adult!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 23 June, 2009 - 8:39pm login or register to post comments

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According to the guide page, young nymphs with stripped antennae are all in the genus Scudderia but not identifiable to species.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/122984

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… Dan Leeder, 12 June, 2009 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

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